A new commercial by New Balance shoes shows dreaded fast bowler Dale Steyn trying to match the fitness level of a toddler with three months walking experience and losing badly.

He spends a day mirroring the baby - eating and drinking what it does and then doing what it does.

The day starts with a nutritious breakfast - water egg and biscuit blended - and then it is time for action. Crawl around, walk, get down, get up, play with toys - essentially non-stop movement till it is nap time.

After an hour's of sleep the baby is ready for some serious action again - crawling, walking, getting up and down, with Steyn tailing it non-stop.

Towards the end of the day Steyn is so beat, he would rather take on the likes of Sachin Tendulkar than the baby. As he slumps on his couch, the baby is seen still pushing.

The video is adorable but the message is unmistakable. Keep pushing, be always in beta, keep evolving - juts like a baby.

A young fan of Shahrukh Khan, Marcos Yury from Salvador, Brazil, has released a video with a heart-felt performance of 'Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai'.

Speaking in halting English and then in Portuguese, Marcos Yury confesses his love for Indian films, songs and culture, and also declares that he is a fan of Shah Rukh Khan.

He then sings 'Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai' with his friend playing chords on an acoustic guitar. Marcos Yury unfortunately is a bad singer but more than makes up for his lack of talent with his affection.

No less than Shahrukh Khan tweeted about the song recommending it for his fans.

Video: Watch Brazilian Marcos Yury singing 'Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai'

A screenshot of the University of Porn, which also doubles as a reality show ‘Siffredi Hard Academy’ (Video below)

October 10, 2015, NewsCrunch

‘Italian Stallion’ Rocco Siffredi has started ‘University of Porn’ to help aspiring adult actors learn the tricks of the trade.

Siffredi, who has featured in 1,300 films, says he will offer a comprehensive course ranging from on-screen tests, positions that work on camera and recitation practice to make the actors handle dialogues with ease.

Given Siffredi’s all-Italy fame, a few thousand individuals applied to join the university. The adult star then screened the list and got the number of ‘students’ down to 21 – seven women and 14 men.

Their training will be also be beamed on TV as a reality show ‘SiffrediHardAcademy’. The show will trace the progress of different students till they make a professional debut.

Video: Watch trailer of University of Porn’s reality show ‘SiffrediHardAcademy’

A screenshot of bomb blast that killed over 80 people in Ankara, Turkey (Video below)

October 10, 2015, NewsCrunch

The bomb blast that killed over 80 people in Ankara, Turkey, has been caught on camera.

Two blasts ripped through peaceful demonstrators comprising of leftist and pro- Kurdish activists who had gathered for an anti-government peace rally.

An amateur footage shows peace activists holding hands, dancing and chanting slogans. Suddenly there is a deafening explosion in the background and the video cuts off.

Eyewitness accounts reported that there were two explosions, a bigger one that was followed by a smaller blast. The footage below seems to have captured the first explosion.

Turkeyofficials have blamed an unnamed terrorist organisation for the attack. They are investigating if a suicide bomber was involved. They have also refused to speculate on the motive behind the attack.

Video: Moment of bomb blast that killed over 80 people in Ankara, Turkey

Indian boxer Vijender Singh made an impressive professional debut by mercilessly demolishing Britain's Sonny Whiting on Saturday.

Enjoy the 14-minute video, which gives the the highlights of the match at Manchester, below.

The routine bout was made interesting by Sonny Whiting, who talked trash about Vijender Singh, in the pre-match statements.

Though the Briton, who is just four matches old, was vastly inexperienced when compared to the Olympian Vijender Singh, that did not stop him from running down his more mature rival.

Vijender Singh, uncharacteristically for a Haryanvi, kept cool and refused to respond, opting to focus on his training.

The strategy clicked and in the ring on Saturday Sonny Whiting was stumbling, lacking in confidence and no match for the Indian.

Vijender Singh started cautiously fending off erratic attacks, but grew confident in the second round, and had Sonny Whiting fighting from the ropes. Though the Indian won the match on technical knockout, Whiting would have gone flat had the referee not stepped in to stop the contest.

Indian roads are a global joke - see any travel book on the country, you will find a vivid description of the pot holes and the holy cows which act as ubiquitous dividers.

Popular community forum Reddit has started a thread to crowdsource photographs of India's best roads.

Member posts have come from many parts of the country capturing India's immense diversity - roads winding through the majestic mountains to running alongside serene seas or just cutting through the plains.

The selection is more of a tribute to the diverse landscape of the country than to the civil engineering ability of our officials.

The operative word in the selection below is roads not always motor-able roads - a few photos are country paths or trekking trails, but all soaked in breathtaking scenery.

There is a mad scramble for tickets among Mumbaikars for the upcoming Zubin mehta concert, with many fans lining up in the queue a full 17 hours before the counter opened. .

Western classical music legend Zubin Mehta is scheduled to perform in Mumbai, his hometown, on October 25 and 26 at National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA).

While the NCPA ticket counter was scheduled to open at 9.30 am on Saturday, patrons started lining up on Friday afternoon at 4 pm, reports The Times of India. While a few Zubin Mehta fans had come themselves, many had sent their drivers or other staff to sweat it out.

Anticipating the rush, which is usual for a Zubin Mehta concert, organisers had planned to issue tokens. Instead of standing in queue all night, patrons could collect their tokens and come back again on Saturday for tickets.

But the tokens added to the confusion as many did not know and had to buy them from touts who had managed to corner them.

The zoo officials are happy to note that Bettina is making a full recovery thanks to the stuff kangaroo. (Video below)

October 11, 2015, NewsCrunch

Bettina, an orphaned baby possum has gone viral after an Australian zoo released its photos in the company of its foster mother - a stuffed toy kangaroo.

Possums are cute tree dwelling mammals found in Australia and few other places.

Bettina was found in a Sydney suburb abandoned by her mother and dehydrated.

The zoo officials are happy to note that Bettina is making a full recovery thanks to the stuff kangaroo. (Video below)

She was brought to the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, where the officials nursed her back to health. To keep her company they gave her a stuffed toy kangaroo, though they did not expect Bettina to embrace the toy so wholeheartedly.

Probably missing her mother, Bettina started clinging tightly to the toy kangaroo while feeding and sleeping. She clings to it using her claws and teeth as she would do with mum in the wild.

The zoo officials are happy to note that Bettina is making a full recovery thanks to the stuff kangaroo.

Modi also explained his reasoning: Badal had spent long years in prison and that made him the Nelson Mandela of India.

Badal claims that he has spent 17 years of his life in jails as a political prisoner - first in the civil liberty agitation, then during Emergency and finally in 1980s when Punjab went through a turbulent phase. Many have disputed this account and say he spent far less time in jail than it is reported.

Whatever the truth of the claim or the lack of, it Twitter did not take to kindly Modi comparing Badal to Mandela. Badal faces serious corruption and nepotism charges and under this watch Punjab has gone to drugs.

Badal Sahab is sitting here...he is the Nelson Mandela of India. He has spent so many years in prison & that too for political reasons: PM

A CCTV camera at a traffic junction has captured the moment of attack on BJP leader Sudheendra Kulkarni on Monday.

Sudheendra Kulkarni was doused with black paint by Shiv Sena activists, who were protesting an event being held to launch the book of former Pakistanforeign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.

The event has been organsied at Nehru Centre by Observer Research Foundation, a think tank, headed by Sudheendra Kulkarni.

The CCTV footage shows Sudheendra Kulkarni just outside his car, surrounded by protesters, later identified as Shiv Sena workers. The images are not clear and it is hard to make out what exactly the footage is recording.

Sudheendra Kulkarni said his car was stopped protesting Shiv Sena workers, who asked him to get out of his car. When he stepped out, they painted him with black ink, Sudheendra Kulkarni said.

Sudheendra Kulkarni called a press conference nearly two hours after the incident and chose to address it without washing off the ink. He vowed to go ahead with the book launch as planned.

A screenshot of the Ambuja cement ad featuring Great Khali (Video below)

October 12, 2015, NewsCrunch

Ambuja cement has released a winner of an advertisement - Giant strength for the Giant- featuring Great Khali, the retired WWE wrestler.

Born Dalip Singh Rana in Punjab, Great Khali had a tough time growing up, the ad says, as he did not know his own strength.

While playing with kids he would crash in to the walls, while exercising he nearly would nearly demolish the house. Even the simple act of sitting down on chair for dinner would crash the floor. While The Great Khali was popular, not everyone was happy with him, starting with his own family members.

But then someone told him about Ambuja cements with which he built a house and which has withstood his assault without a murmur.

The story is told in flashback by Great Khali, who is cool as a cat before the camera even when not fighting. Here is a man whose acting prowess is clearly unexploited. The concept is cute, and direction and editing is top class. A must watch entertainer.

Naina Singh runs aYouTube channel (Nainaqueenb) where she loves to talks about her experiences. (Video below)

October 12, 2015, NewsCrunch

In a heart-warming tale, a Delhitransgender person Krishna Singh, 16, has begun transforming into Naina with the support of her family, community and school.

A VasantValleySchoolstudent, Naina Singh, has started hormone replacement therapy and wears a salwar-kameez to school. She plans to undergo sex reassignment surgery after her Class XII exams, reports the Times of India.

The school principal was okay with her not wearing trousers, growing her hair and also using the nurse's loo. She has been registered with the CBSE as a transgender. There is support from relatives and close friends as well.

Strikingly Naina Singh runs a YouTube channel (Nainaqueenb) where she loves to talks about her experiences.

But it was not always not this easy for her and the family seems to have struggled to come to terms. The summer of 2014 brought depression and suicide attempts, says The Times of India, without elaborating.

But the family has overcome the transition phase and now Mishi Singh, Naina's mother, thinks her daughter has "pretty legs".

A video produced by the Government of Karnataka has sent a few popular poems of popular Kannada poet, Kuvempu, viral.

Uploaded on October 8, the video, Barisu kannada dindimava, which borrows its title from a widely sung Kuvempu poem, has clocked 170,000 views on Youtube.

The six-minute long video draws its lines from a few other memorable Kuvempu works as well, such as Kannada ene kunidaaduvudennede and Elladaru iru Enthadaru iru.

The Karnataka government, which wanted to connect these poems to the younger generation, spent Rs 5 lakh to produce it, reports Bangalore Mirror.

Krupakar-Senani Pictures, of the well-known wildlife photographers, assembled a talented team to render the song, which was performed by eight singers.

The music was composed by Poornachandra Tejaswi and directed by Sunil R, both of who had worked at Lucia, an ambitious Kannada movie that stunningly pulled off a sort of low-budget Interception plot. Poornachandra Tejaswi, who also acts in the video, interestingly shares his name, with an illustrious son of Kuvempu.

The video is a little self-righteous, slightly xenophobic and the music has a predictable, heard-this-before ring. But there is palpable energy, an impressive location, India’s cleanest city Mysuru, and a couple of youngsters raising up for their culture, to make Kuvempu’s magical words go viral.

Taking part in a sanitation programme at Fatehabad, Haryana Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Kumar Bedi wielded the mandatory broom on Sunday. Surrounded by officials, he commented “Look what we are forced to do under the Prime Minister Modi’s regime”.

His comment, made in good humour, triggered a round of laughter. Wary that he had spoken before cameras, he asked a journalist if anyone was doing reporting. But he again spoke with a chuckle leading to more laughter.

As his nightmare came true and a few TV channels started playing up his comments, he tried to give a different spin.

Krishan Kumar Bedi told PTI that as a few officials were not taking the programme seriously, he was telling them that they were being forced to pick up the broom because of (PM) Modi.

Many customer comments on Flipkart's mega sale continue to be critical

October 13, 2015, NewsCrunch

Flipkart's annual mega sale The Big Billion Days is back with a bang and the company wants to make it five times bigger this year.

The company also seems to have learnt some lessons from last year's fiasco and is prepared better this time.

Last year, Flipkart reportedly made Rs 600 crore in the one-day sale on October 6. This year the sale would be held over five days and the revenue target is Rs 3,000 crore.

The company last year faced three problems. There were complaints that the most attractively priced products went out of stock the instant the sales began at 8 am. Some found the website struggling to cope with the traffic.

After the sale was over Enforcement Directorate began a probe after traders associations complained that Flipkart's huge discounts were putting them out of business.

This year so far NewsCrunch has not come across out of stock complaints, though some have alleged that prices have been jacked up to support steep discounts.

There are also some complaints on the app taking time to load - this year the sale is only on mobile devices.

Flipkart is promising discounts up to 80% on select products. So, we need to see how offline traders would respond to it this time.

What you see in the video a shameful case of animal abuse than a display of individual bravery (Video below).

October 13, NewsCrunch

Cobras are the among the most poisonous snakes one earth and a Thai young man has the dreadful job of cleaning their pit.

A video of him cleaning the cobra pit, which has over a 100 snakes, had gone viral sometime ago. Chewing gums, he nonchalantly casts the snakes aside, to sweep rubbish and eggs. His demeanour is so casual you may think he is cleaning a rabbit den not a pit filled with deadly snakes.

The cobras, notoriously short-tempered, meekly endure the abuse. One or two hiss, but their anger is quickly dismissed and the man picks them up and throws them away without missing a beat.

The video is not shot in a zoo but possibly in a private enclosure, which uses these animals for performance shows, which are a huge tourist attraction in Thailand.

They are possibly defanged or even have had their mouths sewn shut and are harmless to the man. What you see in the video a shameful case of animal abuse than a display of individual bravery.

Video: Watch Thai man cleaning cobra pit with full of snakes

A screenshot of the CCTV footage involving Pooja Mishra at 24*7 (video below)

October 13, 2015, NewsCrunch

Controversial reality TV star Pooja Mishra was caught on camera getting into a nasty fight at a well-known store, 24*7, in Karolbagh, Delhi.

A CCTV footage, which captured the bitter fight, shows Pooja Mishra exchanging abuses and even blows with two men at the shop. The security guard of the shop alleged that she abused and slapped him for not restraining the men.

According TV reports, Pooja Mishra had gone to shop at 24*7, which is open for business all night long, at 2 am. At the billing counter she reportedly accused two men, who were present there, of passing lewd comments at her.

She also alleged that they had tried to touch her inappropriately, said the police. A bitter physical fight followed, which almost continued, till the police arrived.

A case has been registered at Rajendra Nagar police station. Pooja Mishra has been involved in similar incidents in the past as well.